Three species of albatross breed in and around South Georgia - the wandering, or great albatross; the black-browed albatross and the grey-headed albatross. Numbers of the wandering albatross are ...

Wandering albatrosses have the largest wingspan of any bird, up to 3.4m, adapted for efficient flight in Southern Ocean winds. Because of this adaptation, albatrosses have not been considered at ...

Wisdom the albatross, the world's oldest known wild bird, has had a chick at the age of at least 70. The Laysan albatross hatched the chick on 1 February in a wildlife refuge in the North Pacific ...

1. The wandering albatross is a feathered giant having the longest wingspan of any bird, at up to 3.5m (11ft)! 2. Albatrosses can travel at speeds of up to 140km/h. 3. They are so efficient in ...

The United States Fish Commission steamer Albatross is back again in San Francisco from a three months' trip along the coast to the northward. She had a successful voyage, scientifically ...